Husband arrested after wife is fatally stabbed with machete in Panorama City; 3 family members hospitalized

Saturday, June 22, 2019
PANORAMA CITY, LOS ANGELES (KABC) -- A man was arrested early Saturday morning in Panorama City after his wife was fatally stabbed with a machete and three family members who tried to intervene were injured, authorities said.

According to Los Angeles police, the attack was reported at 1:30 a.m. at an apartment building in the 14800 block of Roscoe Boulevard, where a woman was pronounced dead at the scene.
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Her husband, wearing a blood-spattered T-shirt, was seen handcuffed and in police custody outside of the building.

Three family members were hospitalized after the incident, an LAPD spokesperson said. One was critically injured; the other two victims were listed in serious condition.

The names of the deceased victim and the suspect were not immediately released.
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Investigators were working to determine the motive for the attack, police said.

A neighbor says the woman who died was a mother of a young son who went to school down the street.
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